FAQs on Genetic Engineering

Slipping through the Regulatory Net: ‘Naked’ and ‘Free’ Nucleic Acids

Horizontal Gene Transfer – The Hidden Hazards of GE

Fatal Flaws in Food Safety Assessment: Critique of the Joint FAO/WHO Biotechnology & Food Safety Report

Emerging Technologies: Genetic Engineering and Biological Weapons

Living with the Fluid Genome

One of the most persistent dogmas in western science is genetic determinism, the belief that our genetic makeup, or our birth, ultimately determines who and what we are. Genetic determinism was the guiding principle in the development of the moder […]

An Introduction to Biological Weapons, their Prohibition, and the Relationship to Biosafety

This report is an introduction to biological weapons and biological weapons control for persons familiar with biosafety and biodiversity issues. It provides a biological weapons history and discusses the future of biological weapons and their proh […]

Model National Biosafety Law

Nations of the South are increasingly faced with the prospect of the introduction into their countries of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and products derived from GNOs. These will enter countries of the Third World in greater abundance as t […]

Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare

Is genetic engineering producing miracle crops to feed the hungry? Does it offer greener agriculture to protect the environment and provide magic cures for diseases? Or will those promises pale beside the perils lurking in the large-scale commerci […]

Use and Abuse of the Precautionary Principle

Dr Peter Saunders, Prof of Mathematics at King’s College, London provides a clear and common sense approach to understanding the precautionary principle. This understanding is crucial in the light of the Biosafety Protocol. […]